Diary Comics #6
Productivity & Shame
Hello my rambunctious rapscallions!
This week’s diary comics are inspired by fellow New Yorker cartoonist
!They shared this cartoon a couple of weeks ago and my wheels just went flying…
This cartoon was a sucker-punch to read, as I KNOW this day.
These days are inevitable if you’re an artist or creator.
We should relish these days, but many of us struggle with shame in these moments instead.
“How dare they consider this work! Where’s your proof of output?!”
I think the joke hits hardest the more you struggle with internalized capitalism
(help, I’m drowning in it).
Because of this shame, I get confused about my goals as an artist:
When brainstorming new ideas it can be very hard to sit with the unknown and allow ideas to wash over you. It can be hard to quiet the mind, but it must be done.
This is how an “idea” day typically unfolds for me:
Comments (Let’s Chat!):
Do you struggle with “the stillness”?
Or is that just me and my generalized anxiety?
Do you resonate with Steinberg’s cartoon?
On a scale of 1-10 how bad is your internalized capitalism?
I’ll start: 1 million.
Listening to:
I have a few weeks off work and I am trying to work on creative projects as much as possible. On a slow/uninspired/low-confidence day I think I feel a relative of this pain. That Donald Sutherland GIF is _amazing_.
Another fun informative entry..!
My moment of “Wait, you can do this?!?” was in 1986 seeing Bobby McFerrin performing solo with just a microphone. I’d been working as a dancer, mime and sing/playing with my voice. To see him improvising and singing music, sounds, voices was so simple , so human. So, I kept on creating Human Jazz…. - keep on keeping on, sister!